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Incredible! I just pulled the injected flat head out of my day dream project!
The problem that I have had with leaf springs especially light ones is that they are inconsistent. I ran light leafs on the rear then converted...
We unbolt the air horn portion off of the efi intake and weld on an aluminum 2" four barrel spacer. You also have to weld up all of the holes for...
It's sounds like the fronts could be set straight up, zero toe in.
One of the mechanics at work suggested once to use brake fluid to break loose all those little pieces of babbitt that hide behind all the trap...
That cracked me up!
I think I've met him and gave him a hand at the Mopar Million.
Tap tap tap ........ lol
Exactly, this needs to be a picture thread!!!
Takes some time. Set front toe to zero and perfect straight ahead, easier said than done. Run strings the length of the car PERFECTLY parallel...
Esslinger heads are the best bang for your buck, they have done their homework. I don't know about streetablilty, though. If it is a solid...
Ok this isn't by scale. It was the best that I could do with the MS paint. My new lap top has Vista, which won't recognize the drivers for any...
In my post I originally had (not very traditional) after rack and pinion. You are right about the steering arm being too long also, but I do think...
I'd disagree. With a hairpin set up you're just replacing two radius rods with one. If you make a scale drawing of the set up I think you'll see...
Nice work, but I think you just traded one case of bad bump steer for another. Like landsea said make a scale drawing plotting your arcs. I...
If I'm thinking right Tommy Chong in the background is actually Les Kepler who owned the Coors Light car that Brad Doty drove then later the...
I don't know about you, but I consider the 80's to vintage when it comes to trophy girls and they didn't come any hotter that the legendary Leslie...
I thought this picture looked familiar. This track is not two miles from my house and I bought the my race car chassis from the flag man!
He did an awesome job hanging on and didn't drop to the back as fast as I expected. I wonder how many spots he lost after the tire finally...
Pretty much sums it up.
Aaaahhhhh IC! The time from the post said that it was from today. That's what threw me off! He did have a wicked run last night, running...
What Levi are you talking about? The sprint car Levi I know of ran several laps at the end of the feature with a completely flat right rear tire...
Measuring off of the frame you may find out later that everything is not quite as square as you believed. I learned the string method after doing...
Pretty Much!
Don't worry about centering the pinion. Center the WHOLE rearend! Unless you are having axles cut to your application you may end up with one...
I'd like to point out that in the third pic you can see that the drag link is pretty close to the same angle and close to the same length as the...
Ok draw a, lets say three inch line angled up from left to right at a 30 degree angle. Now draw a horizontal line that is also three inches and...
This is the way that I'd recommend. Brake fluid is a moisture magnate and this method changes the fluid as you bleed it. This method also moves...
How close is the exhaust to the starter? I have a ford van with a 460 that I pull my race car with. Once it runs for a while, it won't start...
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